Board

Linda G. Michaelson

Sheppard Mullin

Bennett L. Spiegel

Hogan Lovells

David J. Schindler

Latham & Watkins

Erin C. Rotgin

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Geoffrey M. Gold, Esq.

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Luis Lainer

Lainer Investments

Mary Ann Todd

BDT & Co.

Samantha L. Millman

Board Chair / Millco Investments

Stanley W. Levy

Consultant

Adam S. Sieff

Davis Wright Tremaine

Alex M. Weingarten

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Alex Menenberg

HKA Global, LLC

Alisha C. Burgin

Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP

Amy E. Proctor

Sullivan & Cromwell

Ariel A. Neuman

Bird Marella PC

Arthur H. Bilger

WorkingNation

Ashley M. Silberfeld

Blank Rome LLP

Chonda J. Nwamu

Edison International

Christine E. Ellice

DLA Piper

Daniel N. Shallman

Covington & Burling LLP

Dawn Sestito

O'Melveny

Frank E. Melton

Jackson Lewis, P.C. (Ret.)

G. Carla Axelrod

Wells Fargo

Glenn A. Sonnenberg

LaSalle Debt Investors

Gordon A. Greenberg

McDermott, Will & Emery

Gregory D. Helmer

Helmer Friedman, LLP

Heather L. Richardson

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Hon. Terry B. Friedman (Ret.)

JAMS

Jason D. Linder

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Jeffrey H. Kinrich, C.P.A.

Analysis Group, Inc.

Jennifer L. Bryant

Munger Tolles & Olson LLP

Jill L. Ratner

Sony Pictures Entertainment

John K. Ly

Liang Ly LLP

Kenneth S. Millman

Millco Investments

Kevin S. Marks

Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, LC

Leah E. Weil

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Linda M. Burrow

JAMS

M. Lance Jasper

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Matthew E. Sloan

(Ret.) Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates

Michael A. Firestein

Proskauer Rose LLP

Michelle L.C. Carpenter

Latham & Watkins LLP

Moez M. Kaba

Hueston Hennigan LLP

Rex S. Heinke

California Appellate Law Group

Rey M. Rodriguez

Walt Disney Motion Pictures

Richard B. Jones

Merrill Lynch

Robert M. Schwartz

Quinn Emanuel LLP

Sam S. Yebri

Merino Yebri LLP

Sandra “Sandy” Haberny

Quinn Emanuel

Scott S. Packman

SSP Partners LLC

Sean W. Jaquez

IP House

Torrey J. McClary

Ropes & Gray

Yousuf I. Dhamee

Paul Hastings LLP

Zhanna E. Fish

U.S. Bank

Zoe Winkler Reinis

This Is About Humanity

Executive-Level Staff

Aimee Williams

Associate Vice President, Justice for Tenants, Homeowners, and Unhoused Individuals

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Bertha S. Hayden

Associate Vice President, Justice for Seniors and Dependent Adults

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Diego Cartagena

President & CEO

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Erikson Albrecht

Associate Vice President, Justice for Children, Families, and Transgender Clients

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Julia Figueira-McDonough

Associate Vice President, Economic Justice

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Lakesh Baker

Vice President, Human Resources

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Mary Tanagho Ross

Vice President, Legal Services

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Norman Bullock

Chief Financial and Operating Officer

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Tzung-lin (Lin) Fu

Vice President, Compliance

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Vincent Cummings

Vice President, External Affairs

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Andrea Schneider

Director, Institutional Giving

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Cristin Zeisler

Interim Director, Senior Outreach and Pro Bono

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Dominique Sanz-David

Directing Attorney, Seniors, Dependent, and Caregiver Services

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Henrissa Bassey

Directing Attorney, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP)

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Jeffrey Webb

Directing Attorney, Impact Litigation

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Joanna Fluckey

Directing Attorney, Kinship and SIJS

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Magda Madrigal

Directing Attorney, Eviction Defense Project (EDP)

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Mentru Nagbe

Director of Data, Information, and Technology

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Michael Waldren

Directing Attorney, Access to Justice (Self-Help) Programs

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Nadia Segura Narvaez

Directing Attorney, Small Business Development Program

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Nicholas (Nik) Lampros

Directing Attorney, Homeowner Protection Team

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Sara Levine

Pro Bono Director

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Scott Horowitz

Operations Manager

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Yvonne Medrano

Directing Attorney, Employment Rights Project (ERP)

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Attorneys & Advocates

Our diverse staff is made up of more than 100 individuals committed to providing high quality legal assistance to those who need it most. Harnessing extensive and varied experience in legal services and/or nonprofit organizations, these emerging and seasoned professionals are committed to social and economic justice for all Angelenos.

Adriana Moreno Nevárez

Attorney, Foster Youth Immigration

Alan Zenoff

Community Outreach Advocate, Ezra Network

Alisa Anderson

Advocate, Elder Abuse Prevention

Alla Chasnik

Attorney, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP)

Andres Cifuentes

Attorney, Family Preparedness

Andrew Marmor

Attorney, Eviction Defense Project (EDP)

Angelica Rodriguez

Paralegal, Kinship Care & Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

Anna Darr

Senior Staff Attorney, Leaving a Legacy Estate Planning Program

Anna Maria Diaz-Balart

Program Coordinator, Self-Help Clinics

Antonio Page-Kahn

Attorney, Transgender Rights Project

Archanaa Lingan

Attorney, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP)

Ariana Ortiz-Chavez

Paralegal, Eviction Defense Project (EDP)

Caitlin Saggese

Attorney, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP)

Carla Jacobo

Paralegal, Small Business Development Program (SBD)

Catherine Tran

Attorney, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP) Project LEAD 9

Christopher Kung

Pro Bono Coordinator, Eviction Defense Project (EDP)

Clare Griffin

Law Fellow, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP)

Daniella (Dani) Kaiserman

Attorney, Elder Justice

Daysi Alonzo

Attorney, Employment Rights Project (ERP)

Dennis Ryan

Paralegal, Eviction Defense Program (EDP)

Eduardo Colon

Paralegal, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP)

Edward J. Elsner

Attorney, Senior Outreach

Elizabeth Machado

Equal Justice Works Fellow, Employment Rights Project (ERP)

Emily Chong

Attorney, Impact Advocacy

Estefania Villarreal

Attorney, Children's Holistic Immigration Representation Project

Evelyn Bella

Paralegal, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP)

Greg Michalak

Attorney, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP)

Hana Kommel

Attorney, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP)

Hannah Feldman

LAUSD Kinship Care Attorney

Hannah Nowikow

Attorney, Eviction Defense Project (EDP)

HyunJoo Lee

Attorney, Foster Youth Immigration

Isabela Garcia

Paralegal, Conservatorship Program

Jacob Feffer

Law Fellow, Eviction Defense Project (EDP)

Janine Norris

Paralegal, Homeowner Protection Team

Janxim Galdamez

Paralegal, Eviction Defense Project (EDP)

Jessica Guerrero

Paralegal, Employment Rights Project (ERP)

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Jessica Howard

Attorney, Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project (PEHP)

John Lin

Senior Staff Attorney, Small Business Development Program (SBD)

Julia Entin

Holocaust Services Elder Law Advocate

Julius Thompson

Attorney, Senior Outreach

Karla Estrada Sanchez

Paralegal, Small Business Development Program (SBD)

Katherine Garcia

Attorney, Immigration and Kinship Care

Kathy Amiliategui

Attorney, Employment Rights Project (ERP)

Kelsey Chapple

Attorney, Employment Rights Project (ERP)

Kim Selfon

Policy Specialist, IHSS & Medi-Cal

Lesly Mendoza

Attorney, Kinship Care

Lidia Vargas

Accredited Representative

Lisa D. Hoffman

Director, Holocaust Services Program

Luz Granda

Paralegal, Homeowner Protection Team

Maria Camacho

Paralegal, Access to Justice

Marin Castillo-Valle

Social Worker, Elder Justice

Marisol Macaraeg

Senior Program Specialist, Eviction Defense Project (EDP)

Marlene Ramirez

Attorney, Senior Outreach

Martha Torres-Ortiz

Paralegal, Homeowner Protection Team

Matthew E. DeCarolis

Attorney, Employment Rights Project (ERP)

Melody Mendez

Paralegal, Self-Help Conservatorship Clinic

Michael Hagerty

Attorney, Kinship Care

Michelle Kogan

Paralegal, Holocaust Services

Mikayla Scanlan-Cubbege

Attorney, Self-Help Clinics

Nancy Avila Villatoro

Attorney, Homeowner Protection Team

Nicole Herrarte

Social Worker and Case Manager, Children’s Holistic Immigration Representation Project (CHIRP)

Nora L. Ghamari

Senior Paralegal & Hearing Representative

Rachael Ettinger

Coordinator, Pro Bono Clinics & Community Outreach

Ramya Sinha

Equal Justice Works Fellow

Rebecca Popuch

Attorney, Kinship Care & Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

Reyna Chavez

Community and Seniors Coordinator

Richard Maher

Attorney, Homeowner Protection Team

Sara Benowitz

Director, Low Income Tax Initiative

Taylor Amstutz

Attorney, Elder Justice

Bet Tzedek Staff

Alex Tellez

Senior Director, Grants Management

Amy Peckner

Senior Development Officer

Arely Garcia

Administrative Assistant, Elder Justice

Belinda Cai

Communications Lead

Dennise Onchi-Molina

Housing Community Outreach Coordinator

Emily Hampton

Senior Grants Officer

Emily Smith

Accounting Manager

Erenie Fahmy

Volunteer Coordinator

Harold Canizales-Casiano

Administrative Assistant, Harbor-UCLA Hospital Medical Legal Partnership (MLP)

Helen Ceja

Receptionist/Intake Screener, Operations

Jessica Ayon

Intake Screener, Preventing & Ending Homelessness Project

Judy Ortega

Office Coordinator

Kyler Fisher

Grants Administrator

Lidia Romero

Administrative Assistant, Employment Rights Project (ERP)

Lizbet Madrigal

Program Coordinator, Small Business Development

Luis Ruiz-Leon

Senior Financial Analyst

Luke Mondragon

Grants Officer

Madison (Maddie) Lipton

Executive Assistant to President & CEO

Maral Ishkanian

Accounting Support Tech

Maria Uribe

Administrative Assistant, Foster Youth Immigration

Mylene Buenfil Ortiz

Grants Officer

Nora Elkind

Program Coordinator, Pro Bono

Rodrigo Oregel

Intake Screener

Rosanne Bonee

Litigation Secretary

Ruth Linnert

Program Coordinator, Access to Supported Decision Making

Susan Unger

Campaign Manager

Tanesha May

Development Operations Lead

Tricia Carrillo

Senior Human Resources Generalist

Veronica Leichter

Litigation Secretary, Caregiver Services

New Leadership Council (BTNLC)

Bet Tzedek’s New Leadership Council (BTNLC) is a community of young and mid-career professionals who serve as ambassadors, raising both awareness and funds in support of our work. BTNLC includes members from an array of professions, including law, finance, real estate, entertainment, technology, and sales. An integral part of our volunteer leadership, their commitment to philanthropy and service helps ensure the success of our organization.

Adi Schnaps

Happy Returns (UPS)

Ariella Kattler Kupetz

Fisher & Phillips LLP

Ava Badie

Former BTNLC Co-Chair
Loeb & Loeb LLP

Danielle Gabai Mahgerefteh

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Danielle Leneck

Latham & Watkins LLP

Gillian Kuhlmann

Ashurst Perkins Coie

Jason S. Ziven

Sanders Roberts

Jimmy McCutcheon

Secretariat

Karina Godoy

JML Law, APLC

Lauren C. Barnett

Latham & Watkins

Matt Rosenbaum

Holland & Knight LLP

Matthew Wallace

Venable LLP

Max Shapiro

BTNLC Pro-Bono Committee Co-Chair
Latham & Watkins LLP

Maya Harel

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Michael Barth

BTNLC Co-Chair
Reich Adell & Cvitan

Michael G. Freedman

Former BTNLC Co-Chair
The Freedman Firm

Nora Tillmanns Shear

Fox Corporation

Roxana Azizi Sidman

SeltzerFontaine LLC

Sandra Hanian

Littler Mendelson PC

Sasha M. Bass

BTNLC Co-Chair
Loeb & Loeb

Scott Cutrow

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Shawn P. Thomas

Law Office of Shawn P. Thomas

Shevi Smith

B. Riley Advisory Services

Vidaur Durazo

BTNLC Co-Chair
Ropes & Gray LLP

Yosef Itkin

BTNLC Pro-Bono Committee Co-Chair
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

President’s Council

Bet Tzedek’s President’s Council serves as an advisory board that provides guidance, support, and advice to our President/CEO and Board of Directors. Membership on the President’s Council is reserved for members of the Board of Directors and community leaders who have demonstrated strong leadership and a substantial commitment to Bet Tzedek.